#48A299#48A299

#48A299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.087 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A299
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(174, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -29.01, -3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 29.22, 186.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0864 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.087 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3401, 29.5162, 34.7034)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A299 #A24851

analogous

#48A26C #48A299 #487EA2

triadic

#48A299 #9948A2 #A29948

tetradic

#48A299 #6C48A2 #A24851 #7EA248

square

#48A299 #6C48A2 #A24851 #7EA248

split-complementary

#48A299 #A2487E #A26C48

monochromatic

#224D49 #357871 #48A299 #6ABDB5 #95D0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#48A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#48A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A299

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A299	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.087 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84beb7',
    500: '#48a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a299;
$custom-light: #84beb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65511,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A299

secondary

#BC8A8F

accent

#5965CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A299

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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